Hama Hama® Oyster Blog

We’re going to be doing all sorts of outrageous things to oysters tomorrow, including wrapping them in bacon, barbecuing, shucking, harvesting, and eating them live. Bring your boots, a rake, a cooler, and your kids for an intertidal scavenger hunt. The event is from noon to 3, and please call us at 888-877-5844 if you have any questions.

Scavenger hunt/coloring page/intertidal sea life guide by Emi M.:

Last week was busy so we didn’t have time to post. This week is slow and rainy so we’re posting about last week.

On Monday the 22nd we headed into Seattle to give out samples of smoked and pickled oysters to foodie folks at a networking event called Foodportunity. We brought along lots of wood to decorate the table and used the big oyster as a prop.

And, continuing to work backwards through last week… two days prior to Foodportunity was our first Open Farm Day of the season. The weather was beautiful but the sea cucumbers elusive. Here are some shots of happy foragers.

This guy walked out on the beach for 10 minutes and came back with a bushel of oyster clusters, for which he paid a scandalously low price. He felt pretty good about it.

Hunting for clams.

Boy Scouts: explorers of the flats and discoverers of numerous sea stars, innumerable hermit crab, and one unfortunate dead fish.

Tomorrow it’s supposed to be mostly sunny with a high of 67 degrees… perfect for a day on the tideflats. You might even want to add sunscreen to the list of things to bring.

Come explore the oyster farm! We’ll be opening up the flats for u-pick oysters (plus u-find mussels, u-dig clams, and u-spot sea cucumbers, sea urchins, moon snails, etc) on March 20th from 1 to 3, April 17th from noon to 3, and May 15th from 11 to 2. Bring boots, buckets, raingear if necessary, and picnic supplies, and email us at orders@hamahamastore.com if you’re planning on attending.

If you want to stay on the Canal and make a weekend of it let us know and we can recommend hotels, vacation rentals, and other things to do.

See photos from last year’s Open Farm Days here and here.

More details to come!

Come down to the oyster farm between 10:30 to 1 this Saturday to pick your own oysters and eat oyster barbecue!

Saturday was cloudy and rainy… a good day for vampires but not for the rest of us. And only a few hardy souls braved the drizzle to attend the first ever Open Farm Day. Being optimists, we consider it a smashing success. And it was really fun, with the rain and mist giving the day a genuine Northwest feeling.

Allison and David searching for the perfect dozen.

Kate and Rick picked mussels and oysters for a big family dinner.

The NEXT open farm day is Saturday, April 25th from 10:30 am to 1 pm. This time we’re going to set up a barbecue on the beach and cook up a few oysters.

Let us know if you can make it! Email orders@hamahamastore.com or call 888-877-5844.